Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Conversely if we got rid of Social Security everyone could pay significantly lower taxes but there would be a lot more poverty and it seems like few people in congress or the electorate want to do that either. Status quo bias is a big deal. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 9, 2023

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Poverty would be much lower if the United States had more universal benefit programs, which is very logistically doable but you’d need to raise taxes a lot which it seems like neither members of congress nor voters want. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 9, 2023

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@SpecialPuppy1 She’s really good at amping up the base — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 9, 2023